All my favorite authors had better hurry up and stop dying.

Posted in Uncategorized by jaz on Apr 13th, 2007

Kurt Vonnegut Dead At 84

I wonder if Kurt and Hunter are having drinks yet?

I saw Kurt Vonnegut speak in 1996. It was simply amazing. A few minutes into his talk my cousin turned to me and quietly asked,

“Is he drunk?”

He most certainly was. Despite the fact that he was obviously three sheets to the wind Vonnegut slurred his way through one of the most touching and hilarious speeches Ive ever heard. At 16 years of age it was topicaly on point for me. The thrust of his talk spoke to the idea that as a culture we dont offer our children an true coming of age ritual. Because of this our children our forced to create their own. What do adults do? They have children, have sex, take drugs, drink.

He was funny, sweet, caring and drunk.

And Kurt Vonnegut was without a doubt a truly stunning writer.

What the fuck!?

Posted in News Reports, parents, music by jaz on Apr 3rd, 2007

Couple fights to name baby Metallica.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl.

Those Swedes sure do love the metal.

Thanks to Kelly Ogden for not being the lawsuit type.

Posted in News Reports, Uncategorized by jaz on Apr 3rd, 2007

Chicago Suit Charges ‘Negligent Dancing’

Somewhere in the south east (one of the Carolina’s I believe) I manage to introduce Kelly Ogden’s head to the concrete in a high velocity meeting. Fortunately she chose not to call her lawyer. This guy is fucked. Its not bad enough that he feels like like shit for dropping the girl on the floor. She has to empty his account too.